requesting life on earth

[delon]

**** NOT EVERY PEOPLE VISIT THIS TOPIC BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST MODERATORS AT X10HOSTING FORUMS TO MAKE PEOPLE VISITING THIS FORUM READ THIS TOPIC ********* ITS NOW OR NEVER.

see if no earth then no x10hosting, no net, no nothing.i hope you all will follow it, even 1 thing of them can make a huge difference.

The time to put global warming solutions into place is now. We can't wait any longer. Scientists say we need to turn the corner on global warming within 10 years to prevent very dangerous impacts from becoming inevitable. Each year that passes without tackling global warming head-on makes the problem more difficult and expensive to solve.
But at the same time, global warming has finally gotten our attention -- Americans are increasingly aware that a warming climate is a real threat to our way of life, and that we have a choice about how bad it will get.
The choice lies here: $16 trillion dollars will be invested in energy development over the next two decades. Will it be poured into polluting, obsolescent technologies that will bring on the worst of global warming? Or will these investments be shifted into to advanced, low-polluting technologies that will create the new energy economy that's needed to shut down global warming?
It's up to all of us to increase the heat on our elected officials: we need the right policies -- and we need them now -- to ensure that the technologies described here are deployed on the scale and timeframe that is needed to achieve deep reductions in global warming pollution by mid-century.

1. Boost Energy Efficiency

The cheapest and fastest way to cut global warming pollution is to make things that use electricity -- like appliances, industrial equipment and buildings -- more energy-efficient. We know this works -- most of us have bought an Energy Star appliance or two, and have seen firsthand how much money and energy they can save. But there's still much room for improvement, and we must continue to push for products that waste less energy. Likewise, "green building" design and construction can dramatically reduce the enormous amounts of energy that buildings consume in heating, cooling, lighting and water use.
2. Better Cars and Smart Growth

Our gasoline-burning cars are the second-largest source of U.S. global warming pollution. But Americans will put more than 300 million new cars on the road over the next 20 years -- if these cars are the best, most efficient vehicles Detroit can make, we'll take a big step toward solving global warming. Using hybrid engines and other ready-to-go technologies in today's cars could nearly double the mileage they'd get from a gallon of gas, saving a lot of money at the pump. By 2050, fuel-cell technologies and other advancements could boost efficiency to 54 miles per gallon.
We can curb our appetite for oil even further by adopting "smart growth" principles in our cities and towns, encouraging developers to build compact, walkable communities that allow people to spend less time behind the wheel.

3. Biofuels and Renewable Energy

Business-friendly, cost-competitive and ready to meet a significant portion of America's energy needs, renewable energy has gone mainstream. Wind power is the fastest growing form of electricity generation in the United States, expanding at an average annual rate of more than 20 percent. Solar energy employs more than 20,000 Americans in high-tech, high-paying jobs. And clean-burning biofuels made from plants show great promise as a replacement for gasoline -- ethanol producers already make 4 billion gallons of fuel a year, and new methods for making ethanol from farm wastes or energy crops could compete with oil on a very large scale in addition to providing extra income for farmers. By 2050, renewable energy and biofuels could meet a significant chunk of our energy needs.
4. Return Carbon to the Ground

Coal is the most carbon-intense of fossil fuels. Reducing use of coal through energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies will be the cornerstones of the solution to global warming, but the plain truth is that hundreds of new coal-fired power plants will probably be constructed around the world in coming years. Coal generates more than half of the electricity we use today, and it is in plentiful supply in such countries as China, India and the United States. A critical choice remains. Power plants have a long lifespan -- build the new coal plants with dirty, 19th-century technologies and we lock ourselves into high levels of global warming pollution for decades. We can instead choose a 21st-century alternative: Using existing technologies -- each in commercial operation today -- we can convert coal into a clean-burning gas and capture and dispose of the carbon dioxide deep underground, dramatically reducing air pollution from this dirtiest of fuels. If the United States doesn't invest in this technology, neither will China, India and other countries with large coal supplies.

thanx, i hope you all will follow it, even 1 thing of them can make a huge difference.

[tittat]

Yaa sure we shall take initiative to prevent global warming.But from where we shall we begin.I will say just plant one tree per person.But all those lazy fellows will not do even this simple job.
But there are many people that who found no place to plant even a single plant due to urbanization.Soil is sufficient to plant a tree.Trees cannot be planted in concrete floors and tarred roads.(please don't go for a research on how to plant a tree in concrete )

[delon]

ya but if there is will den deres a way. but the global warming thing still needs attention,

[tittat]

ya but if there is will den deres a way. but the global warming thing still needs attention,

The problem is that many of us know about global warming,but we give no attention to it.
If each and every student of a college use bikes then it's global warming.Why cant they come with in a college bus?

But the problem is that even i use bike.


Why cant we switch off the monitor when pc is not in use.But we often forget.

[networker]

Have to be more conscientious.

[rlodge]

Nice thoughts in theory but there are still several hurdles that have to be overcome. I personally don't worry about global warming as much as everyone else does. There are probably as many scientists claiming it's untrue (including many who started this in the first place) as there are scientists claiming that we are creating our own demise.

On point #1 - More energy efficient appliances. Nice thought but the cost on entry to the market is so prohibitively high that many are not an option. I remember when the DVD players hit the market. $1,000 to $1,500 (or higher) per player. They didn't really take off until the cost came down, Why spend the money for on-demand hot water heaters when for a fraction of the cost you can get one water heater for the whole house? The same with air conditioning. There are smaller systems that will cool more efficiently because they are in each room. They cost considerably more than a central unit which is less energy efficient. You make the call, have some money to feed your family or buy a really energy efficient A/C system.

Point #2 - I don't think that Americans are putting 300 million new cars on the road in a year. There are only 300 million of us living here. Also, some of those sales are replacing older, less fuel efficient models, not adding another car to the roads. Also, and you will see this again, the cost of hybrids (and I am not sure since I haven't looked at one lately) was so prohibitively high that most people couldn't afford one. The people who could afford one drove a Hummer instead. As for "smart growth principles" in communities, that requires finding an honest politician. Good luck with that.

Point #3 - I totally and whole-heartedly agree with solar energy. If it weren't so expensive to implement I would add on to my existing roof to get more panels up there. People are working to make the panels less expensive but the technology isn't there yet. As for bio-fuels, we're saving the planet but taking food away from the livestock that feeds us and from other people. Beef prices alone are rising just because many farmers are raising corn in the hopes of striking it rich in the bio-fuel market and ranchers are having a hard time getting feed for their cattle. If bio-fuels are produced on the scale that everyone wants, you make a trade off for a more efficient fuel source at the expense of some people going hungry.

Point #4 - Again, I totally agree. Now you just have to convince the existing energy providers to invest in this climate friendly technology. These are the same people who have to answer to stock holders. They will not cut their bottom line that easily. They've been fighting it for years.